How to create a server-side playlist to automate broadcasts

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EMesropian - 11 Nov 2007 00:16 GMT

I am currently experimenting with setting up a Windows Media Server. I've
created a Unicast Publishing Point and a server-side playlist that loops
through video files in a specific folder on the server. I need to
"semi-automate" the program scheduling process and am looking for
suggestions. Here are the details:

* Folder "C:\Shows1" contains video files that need to be played
(suffle/loop) randomly, 24/7

* Folder "C:\Shows2" contains a single video file that needs to interrupt
the programming everyday at 6:00PM Pacific Standard Time to play once during
that day. Programming from the first folder should continue after it.

I was wondering if a wsx playlist would do the trick, and if yes... how?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Mike Lowery - 12 Nov 2007 16:57 GMT

>I am currently experimenting with setting up a Windows Media Server. I've
> created a Unicast Publishing Point and a server-side playlist that loops
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> I was wondering if a wsx playlist would do the trick, and if yes... how?

Not sure you can do this with just an ASX file. You could with code,
however. Or maybe a program like this:
http://shootingstarbbs.kicks-ass.net/wmcontroller/

I envision three publishing points: Shows1, Shows2, and Main. Main would be
a looping server-side playlist that includes Shows1 and Shows2 (lpp:). If
Shows1 becomes unavailabled (stopped PP) then it cycles to Shows2.
Meanwhile you start Shows1 PP again and after Shows2 finishing playing it
loops back and starts Shows1. The program above could be used to start/stop
Shows1 on a given schedule (6pm every day, in your case.)

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EMesropian - 12 Nov 2007 19:03 GMT

Thanks for your reply Mike. Here is what I have done so far:

-> Created a broadcast publishing point and added the local IP addresses to
the Authorization list. This will loop through the files in the "Shows1"
folder and play them randomly.

-> Created a second, public, broadcast publishing point which works off of a
playlist that references the lpp above and also has an entry to a video file
in the "Shows2" folder. That single video file is supposed to overlap the lpp
stream and start playing at a specified time (using Wallclock).

At this point, it's the second show is what I'm unable to get to play. I've
set the date to today and also used the UTC Time. Unless I'm doing something
wrong, it doesn't seem to work.

Any suggestions?

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Mike Lowery - 14 Nov 2007 15:27 GMT

> Thanks for your reply Mike. Here is what I have done so far:
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> Any suggestions?

I haven't used Wallclock but there have been several discussions about it on
this newsgroup before. I suggest doing a search.

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